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2021-01-20BC Ombudsperson welcomes youth mental health report released by the Representative for Children and Youth
A report released on 19 January 2021 by the Representative of Children and Youth on the involuntary detention of children and youth underscores recommendations made by the Ombudsperson about the need for legal rights advice for people who are involuntarily detained under the Mental Health Act.
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2021-09-24
Ombudsman probes measures and usage of on-street parking spaces designated for people with disabilities
On 23 September 2021, Hong Kong Ombudsman Winnie Chiu announced the launch of a direct investigation to examine the measures and usage of on-street parking spaces designated for people with disabilities.
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2021-12-10
Charging patients that have declined Covid-19 vaccine for “missed appointment”
The Parliamentary Ombudsman directs criticism towards Kalmar Regional Council for charging patients that have declined the covid-19 vaccine for not arriving to their scheduled appointment. If a patient, that has a booked appointment to receive vaccination against covid-19 has refused the vaccine that has been offered, Kalmar Regional Council has charged a fee for missed visits pursuant to chapter 17, section 1 of the Health and Medical Services Act.
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2023-03-02
More protection and support needed for crime victims finds FRA report
Victims of crime across the EU still do not receive adequate support or protection, finds a new report of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). To access the report, kindly click here.
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2011-07-12
Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe visits Ombudsman Board
On 8 July 2011, the Members of the Austrian Ombudsman Board met with the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg.
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2013-04-26
Annual Report 2011 available in English
The Annual Report of the Jordanian Ombudsman Bureau (JOB) for 2011 is now also available in English.
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2014-02-28
Seminar concerning juvenile foreigners’ right to education
The ombudsman’s activity aims at providing adequate protection to vulnerable groups of society, whose rights are especially susceptible to infringement is one the ombudsman’s priorities.
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2020-07-30
AORC Webinar on English and French report writing skills
The African Omudsman Research Centre (AORC) will host a webinar on "Report writing skills" on Friday, 14 August 2020.
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2011-05-05
Infringement of Children’s Rights
The inspecting colleagues of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Civil Rights experienced verbal aggression against children living in Cseppkő Children's Home; furthermore a suspicion was raised concerning the use of physical abuse against children in the institution.
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2013-12-20
Ombudsman for the Ministry of Interior accepted as a member of the IOI
At its New York meeting in September 2013, the IOI Board of Directors acknowledged that the Ombudsman for the Ministry of Interior of Bahrain fulfilled the criteria set out in the IOI By-laws and accept the institution as Voting member of the IOI.
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2015-04-15
Fundamental Rights Agency bids farewell to Director Morten Kjaerum
After leading FRA for seven years, FRA’s first Director, Morten Kjaerum, leaves the agency to take up the position of Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Sweden.
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2015-08-17
Denying Patients the free Entitlement to Medicines is causing an Injustice that needs to be remedied
The report is on four cases that the Commissioner for Health investigated and about which he is at an impasse with Department of Health for the last two years. One case concerns a Type 2 diabetic patient who had been prescribed Glargine Insulin by his Consultant Diabetologist. The Department’s policy is to give this type of insulin only to Type 1 patients, and, therefore, the patient was denied the treatment needed. There must be, of course, other patients with the same predicament.
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2016-02-01
Manitoba Ombudsman releases report into flood-fighting equipment for an Interlake Emergency Operations Centre
According to an investigative report released by Manitoba Ombudsman, Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation (MIT) lacked sufficient justification in its initial attempt for an untendered contract to purchase $5 million worth of flood-fighting equipment for First Nation communities in the Interlake.
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2016-02-05
Commitment to allowing residents in Direct Provision to make complaints to Ombudsman offices welcomed
Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, and Ombudsman Peter Tyndall have both welcomed the Minister for Justice and Equality’s commitment in principle to allowing asylum seekers living in Direct Provision have their complaints independently examined by their respective Offices.
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2016-05-30
Investigation by Victorian Ombudsman shows that unfair fare enforcement system must change
A poorly targeted and disproportionate public transport fare enforcement system unfairly punishes many travellers in an attempt to snare a small number of recidivist evaders, according to an investigation by the Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass.
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2017-04-06
Challenges to human rights - Commissioner at the workshop for ombudspersons
"It is not just about populism as a political method, but about the use of populism to destroy constitutional courts. In such circumstances, the ombudsman must be a guardian of values such as human rights. It must be reliable in terms of legal solutions but also creative in terms of communication methods", said Adam Bodnar, the Commissioner for Human Rights at the workshop for ombudspersons organized on April 3-4 in Barcelona.
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2017-07-05
Ombudsman for Bermuda elected new president of Caribbean Ombudsman Association
At the General Meeting held on 13th June 2017 Ms. Victoria Pearman was elected the new President of the Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA) and a new CAROA Council was appointed effective on 1st July 2017.
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2017-07-17
Local Government Ombudsman investigations are changing services for the better
Last year the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman made nearly 4,000 recommendations to put things right for people who had suffered injustice – it announced in its Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17, published today. The report details how the Ombudsman is making a difference through its investigations.
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2017-10-24
Control Yuan holds seniors’ human rights seminar in early response to greying population trend
The Control Yuan (CY) held the 2017 Seniors’ Human Rights Seminar on 29 September, two days ahead of the United Nations International Day of Older Persons. Government officials, expert scholars and leading professionals were invited to take part for discussions on issues related to human rights for the elderly.
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2017-12-18
Human rights have no expiration date - better protection needed in elderly homes
Lack of staff in homes for older persons in long-term care as well as their lack of knowledge on human rights are the main causes of violation of rights in these institutions. The beneficiaries are satisfied with accommodation quality and they consider the staff to be the strongest link in the institutional chain, emphasised Ombudswoman Lora Vidović at the opening of the conference „Human rights have no expiration date – living in homes for older and handicapped“ organised on 8 December at the Elderly home Centar in Zagreb.
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